TOKYO， Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Tokyo metropolitan government is to reconsider the construction of three venues for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics after receiving a report from a review panel on Thursday that showed costs for organizing the games might exceed 3 trillion yen (29.47 billion U.S. dollars).

The panel was set up by newly-elected Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike last month to assess the costs of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics， in an effort to fulfill her campaign promise to keep the costs for Tokyo residents "at an appropriate level."

The panel report suggested that with costs possibly exceeding 3 trillion yen， plans for the swimming， volleyball and rowingcanoe sprint venues should be reconsidered， with not building the venues and using existing venues instead as an option.

Yoshiro Mori， president of the 2020 organizing committee， reportedly responded to the panel's suggestion by saying that it would be difficult to make any changes to the current plans.

Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda echoed Mori's concerns and said that it would take a lot of work to restart discussions with international federations and the IOC if the venue plans are to be changed.

Koike is expected to draw a conclusion from the report within a month， according to local reports.

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Trump’s visit to China will reciprocate a trip to the United States made in April by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

TOKYO, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday approved the appointment of Masayoshi Hamada as senior vice minister of the Reconstruction Agency.

His appointment comes following his predecessor, Hiroaki Nagasawa, who also belonged to Komeito, relinquishing his post and party position for allowing a female to stay in a housing complex for lawmakers Men's Off-White x Nike Air Max 97 Elemental Rose Online , in violation of the party's rules.

The scandal comes as Komeito and other parties are gearing up to go to the polls in a snap general election to be held next month.

Revelations of Nagasawa's indiscretion came to light following a weekly magazine's inquiry on the indiscretion, which led to Nagasawa being quizzed by a senior party official and the two-term upper house member resigning to account for the scandal.

The new appointment Wednesday comes amid a string of scandals and gaffes to hit the ruling LDP-led bloc, including accusations of cronyism leveled at Abe himself.

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Shunsuke Mutai resigned as parliamentary vice reconstruction minister in March after firstly being criticized for getting a piggyback ride across a large puddle in a typhoon-hit town.

The LDP lawmaker drew flak, thereafter, for saying at a fundraising event that his gaffe led to the government buying more rain boots for officials to borrow, which had helped the profit margins of the boot-making industry.

Masahiro Imamura Men's Nike Air VaporMax Moc Cool Grey Shoes Online , meanwhile, quit as reconstruction minister in April after remarking that it was better that the 2011 earthquake hit northeastern Japan rather than the greater Tokyo metropolitan area.

Abe's Cabinet on Wednesday also approved the appointment of Jiro Akama as senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office following a high-profile defection.

The new appointment follows Mineyuki Fukuda leaving the post to join Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike's new Party of Hope.

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